Category Archives: Team Ash

On Friday, after break, the Lower Juniors settled down to what they thought would be a normal English lesson… Suddenly, they looked out of the window to find smashed eggs and hay scattered all over the floor outside. They had … Continue reading →

What a start to the Lower Juniors! You all made your teachers very proud at Minstead and I hope you enjoyed the experience. Has our residential trip to Minstead inspired you or your family to make a change at home … Continue reading →

This week, for our exciting Big Write, we had the opportunity to write all about our fantastic school trip. The children worked so hard and all achieved PB’s (personal bests) for their use of adverbs and complex sentences. I was … Continue reading →

Your task is to research and find out some interesting facts or case studies about a natural disaster of your choice (e.g flooding, earthquakes, volcanoes, hurricanes). What fascinating facts did you find out? Post below. Happy hunting Lower Juniors.

Last week, the Lower Juniors wrote letters to Roald Dahl, sharing with him what they loved about his books! Another hard decision to make this week for Miss Cooper as all of the children really gave their all into letter … Continue reading →

Last week, the Lower Juniors wrote a recount text based on their week at Minstead/Eco-week at school. It was very hard for me to choose my two dragon writers as all the big writes were fantastic! Congratulations to Naledi and … Continue reading →

During last week, the year 4s had a fantastic trip to Minstead where we all learnt a great deal about the environment. To carry the theme throughout the Lower Juniors, the Year 3s took part in plenty of Eco-Projects, including … Continue reading →

This week, the Lower Juniors were set the task of evaluating a toy they received for Christmas. Congratulations to James, Eve and Tara who are my Dragon Writers of the Week! They all used challenging vocabulary along with consequential connectives in … Continue reading →

Yesterday morning, the Lower Juniors were surprised to find Tutankhamun’s Sarcophagus lurking in our corridor. We spent the day learning about Howard Carter’s discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb in the Valley of the Kings. Today, we wrote a diary entry about our … Continue reading →